Digital BW, The Print

(Crossposted)

Frankly, I don't know what to think about these new blacks... I hope they
will perform as well as PT grays. BTW, I would like to hear about "updated
Piezography BW profiles for new PT inks"; I did my first prints the weekend
(1160 w/CIS) and... Piezography BW plug-in sucks! (I must admit that I use
FS / FS-N black) I got incredibly flat (no pure blacks, no pure whites, just
midtones) prints and disturbing microbanding - on both Photo Rag 188 and
EAM. Then I tried printing using the Epson driver/John Woolf workflow and
ta-da!... marvellous prints (almost non-noticeable dot patterns in
highlights - but it doesn't bother me at all compared the garbage I got with
Piezo plug-in). I seriously regret for what I paid to the Piezography
Plug-in :/ and will never recommend to anyone new into quadtone B/W printing
(unless they release an updated version or somebody tells me how to make it
work). The Selenium PT grays are really good; they are a pleasure to use on
Photo Rag. I cannot say the same think for EAM; PiezoTones on EAM are too
cold for my taste.

Regards,
Loris.